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Mount McLaughlin… Last time at the summit of this peak was Oct 2007, good to be back. Living in Oakridge, we are a little closer to the trailhead, although still a 2.5 hour drive each way. Good day for a…

Temple Peaks… Another wonderful trip into the Wind River Range, Wyoming. This time we planned to summit Temple Peak (12.972’) and East Temple Peak (12,590’). We took the Midnight Raven because driving to and from Wyoming is half the adventure…but…

Mount Beachie/Battle Ax Loop… Always a good one, when we are in the area. Had a nice weekend at our cabin in Detroit. While there we drove up to Elk Lake and did the Beachie Battle Ax Loop hike, which…

Sawtooth Mountain Loop… Deb picked this one, and what a great pick! Even though the mosquitos were in full force and the smoke was thick, this was a fun scramble peak. The 360 deg far-away views were hidden by the…

Thimble Creek Canyoneer… It has been over a year since canyoneering a wet drainage, so we were a bit rusty. It was a perfect day for it though. I first did the upper and lower section back in Sept of…

Mount Ray… Did a fun loop, mostly cross-country, up to Mount Ray, at the south end of Waldo Lake. Some fun scrambling and lots of mosquitos. Mount Ray has an impressive 360-degree view, including the cascade volcanos from Mount Hood…

Buckhead Mountain… Since moving up to High Prairie, we’ve seen this high point with a few rock outcroppings on it, from the west side of our home. So, Sunday we set off to explore it. We started from the Alpine…

Mount June via Hardesty Mountain… This looked like a nice ridge hike on the map, and today it turned out to be a really nice hike in a new area for me. I started from the Upper Hardesty Trailhead. From…

Hardesty Mountain… Used the Eula Ridge trail to Hardesty Mountain summit. Nice multi-use trail. Looks like it gets a lot of Mtn bike usage. It was Friday, so didn’t see anyone on the trail. Good huff to the top. Took…

Dome Rock… Last time up this trail was just a couple months after the 2020 fires. A lot of growth has happened since, unfortunately a lot of that growth is the Snow Brush (ceanothus), which with grow right over the…

Table Rock… Been a while since we’ve been in the Table Rock Wilderness. Today we planned to hit Table Rock and the Pechuck Lookout, but the deep snow got in the way of that. We ended up only having the…

Sheep Rock, Second time up Sheep Rock. Fun scramble of an iconic rock. Lots of wildlife out today. The weather was dry, but mostly cloudy. A bit breezy at the summit. Logged about 8.2 miles x 2000’ gain for this…

Sugarloaf Mountain We haven’t been up on Sugarloaf for 4-years, so we thought it would be a good day to visit. Most of the walk in is on private timberland roads, with a final 800’ forest scramble to just below…

Humbug Mountain-Curry County We took a R&R vacation to Port Orford, on the southern Oregon coast. While there for a few days, we hiked up Humbug Mountain. We did this on a Tuesday, so we didn’t see many others, but…

Water Tank Creek Explore… I noticed this creek while browsing Lidar, in the comfort of my nice warm home office. This past weekend looked like a good time to go and explore it. Lidar showed four decent size falls…but as…

Ogle Mountain Loop… It’s been 13 years since the last time on Ogle Mountain. Wow!, a lot has changed…especially in the last few years. Not much bushwhacking since the burn, but that should change back in the next decade. We…

Verdun Rock… Quick hike up to Verdun Rock which included post holing through Hells Half Acre meadow. From the meadow, the ridge scramble was kinda fun. We were on our way to tag Fuji Mountain, but the snow on the…

Thunder Mountain… It’s been a long time since I’ve visited this area. I was glad I was able to drive up to the trailhead at about 4500’, just above Lost Creek Meadow. It was pretty much snow the whole way…

Sardine Mountain via the Mayflower… A good loop for this time of year. Steep, steep, steep…right out of the car. The first 1.5 mile gains 2850’ of elevation. Beautiful fall day. Cool, crisp and sunny. Clear views of most of…

Granite Peak… Granite Peak is the high point of the Granite Mountains, within the Mojave National Preserve. This hike is all about the steep relentless boulder scramble. Like most peaks in the park, there is no trail to the top…it’s…